Reply to Li Fuchun and Huang Kecheng[1]

(April 20, 1946)

Your telegram of the 18th noon[2] received. Hope you will overcome all difficulties and strive for victory. The situation may improve after ten days.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in reply to Li Fuchun and Huang Kecheng.
[2] The telegram of the 18th noon refers to the telegram sent by Li Fuchun and Huang Kecheng at noon on the 18th to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which stated: "The New First Army has reached a point seven or eight li from Siping. In recent days, aircraft have been assisting in the battle, and it has become difficult to hold Siping. The biggest problem at present is that the enemy is continuously receiving new reinforcements, while we have no new forces to add."